Fiscal Year 2014 Program Funding

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This page lists the FY 2014 funding amounts requested, authorized, and appropriated for each element of the nation's GPS program.

Each line item below provides external links to original source documents, including bills, report language, and agency budget justifications submitted to Congress.

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Defense Appropriations

On January 17, 2014, President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), an omnibus funding measure that provides $1.2086 billion to the Air Force GPS program in FY 2014.

Starting in FY 2014, the official budget rollup for the Air Force GPS program includes military user equipment development and excludes ground equipment procurement. Also, RDT&E for the pre-OCX control segment ended in FY 2013. Please keep these changes in mind when comparing with prior years.

The joint explanatory statement for the final act includes these notes on the GPS program cuts:

GPS III procurement: "Eliminating program management growth"

GPS III advance procurement: "SV9+ ahead of need"

GPS III development: "Ahead of need"

MGUE development: "Management services excess growth"

These notes are consistent with House and Senate committee reports filed in the summer of 2013, with the exception of a House note on FFRDC spending that is absent from the joint explanatory statement. All sources are embedded in the table above.

Transportation Appropriations

On January 17, 2014, President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), an omnibus funding measure that includes FY 2014 funds for the Department of Transportation's GPS programs.

The act moves the funding for the Nationwide Differential GPS program into the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, as requested by the Administration.
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Defense Authorization

On December 26, 2013, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66). The act includes policy and funding guidance for the GPS program. It does not expend funds from the U.S. Treasury.

Starting in FY 2014, the official budget rollup for the Air Force GPS program includes military user equipment development and excludes ground equipment procurement. Also, RDT&E for the pre-OCX control segment ended in FY 2013. Please keep these changes in mind when comparing with prior years.

Reporting Requirements

Section 911 of the act requires congressional notification of any suspected foreign disruption of national security space capabilities
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The original House text cited space-based PNT (i.e., GPS) as a capability of concern
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The joint explanatory statement for the final act states, "this notice is not intended to be notification of every anomaly instance; this is only notification when there is reason to believe that there was an intentional attempt to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a national security space capability" (View source).

The report to accompany the Senate bill directs the Air Force to assess the feasibility of multi-year procurement of GPS III satellites by February 2014
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Foreign Government GNSS Monitoring Stations

Section 1602(b) of the act limits the construction of GNSS monitoring stations controlled by foreign governments within U.S. territory. Such construction requires national security certification that the stations cannot be used to gather intelligence or improve foreign weapons systems. The provision includes a detailed certification waiver process and a five-year sunset clause
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According to the joint explanatory statement, "We do not intend this provision to affect general private or scientific cooperation with other parties"
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This provision originated as a Senate amendment (No. 2185) to S. 1197
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Military User Equipment

The report to accompany the House bill notes a misalignment among the next generation GPS space, control, and user segments. The report states, "The committee recommends the Department of Defense accelerate the fielding of user equipment capable of receiving the legacy and modernized military codes from the GPS. Further, the committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to establish approved security evaluation and certification processes and procedures, as well as to support and ensure sufficient redundancy of the GPS user equipment industrial base." View source

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